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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "pesimisto"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "pesimis"
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "duarcán"
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"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "悲観主義者"
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "厭世家"
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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},
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"masculine"
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},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pessimíst",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пессими́стка"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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},
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pesimista"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "agorero"
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "nirāśāvādi",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "నిరాశావాది"
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{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "yid chad ring lugs pa",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "ཡིད་ཆད་རིང་ལུགས་པ"
},
{
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "pesimist"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "kötümser"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "karamsar"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
"word": "bedbin"
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "cy",
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